Both sides agree-the whole fight over same-gender marriage and other civil rights for gays is about the right to decide what's normal. Now there's nothing more normal than ice cream, and there's no ice cream... Read More

I'm back from Chicago, speaking at the annual conference of the ALA -American Library Association. 20,000 librarians under one roof--totally inspiring. In addition to their deeper-funded and better-staffed cousins from the big cities, they came... Read More

For a half-century, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has had the right to decide which words and pictures are excluded from the Free Speech guarantees all Americans enjoy. The FCC's criterion for this cruel abridgment... Read More